Chris Christie is Still Gridlocked by Bridgegate Scandal Two Years Later
The 2013 George Washington Bridge traffic chaos this week indirectly forced United Airlines’ CEO to quit, spelling more bad news for New Jersey’s governor
It’s been exactly two years since the closure of access lanes to the George Washington Bridge in New Jersey caused a traffic apocalypse – and Governor Chris Christie still seems stuck in the jam it created.
After costing the jobs of multiple state functionaries, the ever-expanding scandal – inevitably nicknamed Bridgegate – claimed its biggest scalp so far on Tuesday, with the resignation of the CEO of United Airlines.
The United executive, Jeff Smisek, had nothing to do with the lane closures. Instead he was caught up in a federal investigation the scandal kicked off into the dealings of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the agency that oversees the bridge and other river crossings and ports around the city.
Read the article “Chris Christie is Still Gridlocked by Bridgegate Scandal Two Years Later” on theguardian.com.